Combined anesthetic and surgical treatment of reflex sympathetic dystrophy following a healed crush injury of the foot.

Abstract

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy is an often overlooked diagnostic cause of posttraumatic pain. After wound healing, persistent pain frequently is treated with continued analgesic administration, physical therapy, acupuncture, nerve blocks, psychotherapy and sometimes even ignored in hopes that either the pain or the patient will "go away." The authors relate successful evaluation and treatment of reflex sympathetic dystrophy in the case of a young man with disabling pain following a healed crush injury to his foot.

• Authors: D Kleinman, R C Rosen, J M Cohen
• Journal: The Journal of foot surgery (J Foot Surg) 1990 Jan-Feb Vol. 29 Issue 1 Pg. 55-8 ISSN: 0449-2544 [Print] United States
• PMID: 2319103 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Methylprednisolone Acetate
• Lidocaine
• Methylprednisolone

Topics

• Adult
• Combined Modality Therapy
• Fractures, Closed (complications)
• Hallux (injuries)
• Humans
• Lidocaine
• Male
• Methylprednisolone (analogs & derivatives)
• Methylprednisolone Acetate
• Nerve Block
• Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (drug therapy, surgery)